>Yes, I sure would like to participate in the book which will benefit the VFP community.
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>But I tend to agree with Ed and others - the book on just grids may be too specialized.
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>The book on just grids might even scare some people off, as they will look at it and be afraid to use such a complex thing, that requires to study a special book for its proper use :) It is true that the advanced grid functionality in many cases is not about the grid itself - on the contrary, it may be delegated to other invisible add-on controls which allow to have this functionality in just about any grid instance. Implementing such functionality requires more understanding of OOP techniques and how to use different events and methods to provide the desired result, rather than knowing the details of grid design.
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>Building the sophisticated grid class might be good for the framework developers, but that grid class functionality typically may be used within that framework only. The add-on controls have much wider usage - you just drop them on your form, set a couple of properties and they will work with any grid.
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>So, I see two groups in the audience - a big one which needs only the results, and a small one which could benefit of knowing the inner details.
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>And even that small group, IMHO, needs not a book on grid details, but rather a book with samples on standard and non-standard approaches to solutions. The grid may be essential part of this book, as it presents an excellent opportunity to show (on multiple samples) how to find the effective approach to achieve your goal and desired functionality. Kind of "Effective Techniques" but with a diffrent twist. This sort of book may target a bigger audience, helping all appplication developers to find not obvious solutions, as well as people who are more into developing their own classes and want to "think out of the box".
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>But I realize that in most cases (as Ed says) the people just look for the quick solution, not a lecture about all ins and outs. And that is understandable - everybody has burning projects, deadlines, family at last :) and there is just not enough time for all.
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>I actually did an interesting test once. When I created my Grid DragDropper, I meant is as a kind of programmer's joke. The class looks like default Shape, there are no any custom properties and methods, no any setup or other changes required to any of the existing form controls. You just drop it over your grid (any grid) and it automagically starts performing Drag&Drop.
>I thought that somebody will ask how the heck does it work. Well, guess what - nobody asked... :)
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>I take it as not that many developers were not curious - more like they just did not have time to think about it.

I think that yours is the best weigh in that I have read so far. It does need to be a hybrid of solutions and nitty-gritty. I want to solve a problem now but afterwards I want to study why and how so I can do something similar the next time.
Time...it's a premium item isn't it. From reading the threads here I get the feeling that there are others like myself, part of a 1 or 2 person IT department that has to develop, deploy, and maintain a wide variety of software, hardware, telecom, and provide user support. I need solutions but want to learn as well. If only there were 30 hours in a day....

Thanks